Arching rainbows
leaves few traces
minutes after
the storm ends
as I drive past
acres of corn rows,
observe a dozen
orange-winged
blackbirds
on a post and rail
fence—images
found in storybooks
about the Midwest.
Before eleven,
I listen to
random chatter
on a Nebraska
AM station—
night owls solving
the country’s problems.
Dr. Jim Brosnan is the author of Nameless Roads (2019). His poems have appeared in the Aurorean (US), Crossways Literary Magazine (Ireland), Eunoia Review (Singapore), Nine Muses Poetry (Wales), Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), The Strand Magazine (India), and Voices of the Poppies (United Kingdom). He holds the rank of full professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI, and has just been awarded a faculty fellowship to complete his second collection, Driving Long Distance.
